Improvement in bee-hives



Clintih Siria dal@ dita WILLIAM REYNOLDS AND JOSEPH V. BROOKS, OF LEXINGTON,.I`

ILLINOIS.

Letters Patent No. 113,207, dated March 28, 1871-.`

IMPROVEMENT IN BEE-HIVES.

'.t'he Schedule referred to' in these' Letters Patent and making part of the'samo.

To all lwhom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, WILLIAM REYNOLDS and JOSEPH V. BROOKS, of Lexington, in the county of 'McLean and State of Illinois, have invented certain Improvements in Bee-Hives,of` which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawing.

Our'invention relates to an improved manner of holding the removable comb-frames in position' in Vthe V hive; and

It consistsin providing each of the frames4 with two pins and suspending them thereby from notched strips secured to thesides 'f "the hiveand in secr-1ring tothe bottom of the hive a toothed stripto engage with and hold the lower sides of the frame. l

Figure 1 is a perspective yview of a hive having our improvements applied;

Figure 2,4 a top plartview of thesame with the top and honey-'boxes removed;

Figure '3, a vertical section of the same on the -line yyofiig.2;and

inward.

A is the body of t the hive, which may be made in any one of the wellknown forms,' as it constitutes no part of our invention. I

-The upper edgesbf the two ends of the hive are cut away, as'showu in figs. Zand 3, Yso as to leave shoulders a.

B B are tivo notched strips or plates, secured' one to each endot' the hive, on the inside, and so as to project above the shoulders a.

'Notches b are made in the upper edges-oi' the s trips, at equal distances apart, and solocated that the` notches in one strip are directly opposite thev notches inthe other, as-show'n in fig. 2.

C are the combframes, whichare. made of a rect-l ',angula1jf0rm, and provided ateach end near the upper side with a piu, D, as shown in gs. 2, 3, and 4Q Figure 4, a section on the vIinea; :cof iig. 2, looking E is a stripsecured to the bottom of thehive, in'- side and at right angles to the frames' Gl." 1 This strip is' provided at equal distances apart, andin the proper positions, witirteeth al, which it up be `tween the lower sides of the frames G and keep them from being brought in contact, and hold them at the required distance from 'each' other.

These teeth, in connection with the pinsDandstrips. frE, thus serve to hold-.the comb-frames securely in position and prevent their movement inl any-direction; l

at the same time, however, the frames can be removed without hindrance by lifting themsou't at thetop.

The bar or strip E is cut away betweenthe teeth d sufficiently to allow the beesV to pass under the frames between the teeth, this space being clearly shown at i, fig. 4.

When the parts are arranged as described it is im` possible to insert the frames in other than `the proper positions, and whenetheframes are in position it Ais limpossible for the bees to glue or stick them fastat any point, nor is there any point within the hive where a moth-worm can conceal himself from the, bees.

It is` obvious that the strips lB B and E may be made of any suitable material, either wood or metal,

as well as thel pins D D, and that the doors of the hive, instead of being'hinged at th'e bottom, as shown in the drawing, may be hinged at the side and swihg laterally.

In this way we are able to produce a hive in which the combframes can always be properly suspended so as `to be secure against interference, but may also be handled under all circumstances with very little incony veuience or trouble.

\Ve are aware that notched angular strips have been used at the upper end of comb-frames; also that a notched strip has been used at the bottom in connec-4 tion with other means at the top, andnve therefore do not claim such; but having described our iuven- UOI),

A bee-hive, having the notched strips B arranged at the sides, and the notched strip Eat the bottom,V for supporting the frames C and holding them 4iu their proper positions, substantially as described. y

l WM. REYNOLDS.

JOSEPH V. BROOKS,

Witnesses:

AUGUSTUS G. WOODWARD. SAML. B. lVlonRis. 

